Hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived at New York City's Pier 90 on Monday morning to provide additional medical services to non-coronavirus patients.
The USNS Comfort will treat New York City medical patients not suffering from coronavirus as hospitals work to treat those impacted by the pandemic.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomes the USNS Comfort as it docks in New York City Monday morning, March 30.According to data from NYC's Department of Health, updated Monday morning, the city has confirmed 36,221 total cases of COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic, at least 790 New York City residents have died.
Thomas Von Essen, FEMA's regional director for New York and New Jersey, also delivered remarks at the press conference that took place uponFEMA regional director Thomas Von Essen shares introductory remarks shortly after the hospital ship USNS Comfort docked in New York harbor Monday morning, March 30.projected fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus
, which government officials at state and federal levels have discussed recently, Von Essen said the Department of Homeland Security branch will be providing refrigeration trucks as morgues in certain areas of New York City approach capacity. "We are sending refrigeration trucks to New York to help with some of the problem on a temporary basis," he announced."We in New York City have a desperate need for help over in Queens, and we're working on that as we speak."
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